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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is recorded as entering second class mail service on September 1, 1891, at the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa, under the 1852 act.
Elgin IA town council met in regular session at the town hall with Mayor Falk and six councilors present. Bills for General Waterworks Light Cemetery and Library funds were audited and allowed. Motion to transfer 300 from Waterworks to Light Fund. fire department to discuss purchasing a new fire truck set for Nov 18 meeting.
A historic party shift is recorded as the G O P claims national victory. Ballot tallies list governors congressmen and county officials including Gehring Crandall Knox Blake House Parker and Estey among others. The note cites large land deals and a global population rise of about 20 million annually.
Myrtle Josephine Patterson Muehlenthaler born November 14 1881 in Wagner township near Elkader died November 2 1946 aged 64 funeral at St Pauls Methodist church with Eastern Star rites and a Mrs Rene Rubger memory poem. survived by husband Rudolph Muehlenthaler sister Sadie DeSart and many relatives.
The column riffs on a New York Sun quote about cows over the moon and a Missouri slogan while noting a sociable Iowa City game, mainly quiet Hallowe en crowds in Elgin, and hopes for a profitable football season. Voter decisions loom as editors dodge endorsements, pheasant and duck hunting shows mixed fortunes, Fayette county politics stay GOP, and Democrats inject some campaign drama.
A tip from Ledger Syndicate advises buying a new puff with each box of powder and using cold cream on a swansdown puff before dipping. This creates a soft velvety puff with less fluffing and powder waste, and suggests using two shades of powder for better results.
Sacred Mount Ararat lies southeast of Kars near the Iran border and is revered as Armenia's sacred peak and Noah's ark resting place. The mountain rises about 7,000 feet above the surrounding terrain.
Lyal L Whittenbaugh and wife transfer to Charles Whittenbaugh for $1.00 two parcels in Northside Add Wadena. Leo H and Alfred J Decker transfer to Leo Rothlisberger for $1.00 NESE 24-94-7 Market trucking costs reach near two and a half billion as federal aid supports farm animals transport. March 1945 federally assisted school lunch programs report record nourishment with six and one half ton child meals per state.
The text notes that despite many languages, there is considerable similarity in the basic speech sounds. It highlights commonalities in phonetic building blocks across diverse linguistic systems.
Cardboard helps painters keep wallpaper spotless. Hold one against the edge while painting or washing woodwork to protect surrounding surfaces.
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